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Whose March?

People march from Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial honoring the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)2013 Getty Images

Anyone who expected to hear Philip Agnew of the Dream Defenders or Sofia Campos of United We Dream speak at yesterday's March on Washington 50th anniversary event was disappointed. The youth leaders were cut from the event despite being on the list of scheduled speakers, leading to a conversation about the voice of young people at the event.

Whose march?

Twitter users protest the decision to cut youth leaders from the March on Washington anniversary event.

So @campoSOFIA of @unitedwedream and @PhilUnchained of @dreamdefenders WERE actually *cut* from the #MOW50 speakers roster? #LeSighCedric Lawson

@cedsaidso yes, and we are still wondering why #mow50UnitedWeDream.org

The Dream Defenders are the youth organizers who staged a sit-in at the Florida Capitol to protest 'Stand Your Ground' laws after the Trayvon Martin verdict. United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the U.S.

Thank you @dreamdefenders and @unitedwedream for being willing to speak for our generation #mow50 #OurMarch #GenALLOlivia Chow

Agnew and Campos shared the speeches they would have given online.

Two Minutes - #OurMarchuweuSCHsmI7yubkFVohjDQ

Voices You Should Have Heard: Sofia Camposchildrensdefense

Twitter users expressed anger over the decision to cut the youth leaders.

.@RedEyesPage And was it really necessary to listen to the Ambassador to Japan instead of the @Dreamdefenders @PhilUnchained? No, it wasn't.Aura Bogado

Tired of talks about youth being the future & then being denied the platform to move this country. @Dreamdefenders @UNITEDWEDREAM #OurMarchUYC

How do they expect the dream to live if they silence those keeping it alive? We must be UNITED and SUPPORT eachother #passthemic #ourmarchissis alvarez

During Pres Obama's African tour he met w youth groups in Senegal & South Africa, is he meeting w youth in the US? #OurMarchJ.A.B.

The Dream Defenders used the hastag #OurMarch to start a conversation about youth involvement in the civil rights movement.

@UNITEDWEDREAM & @campoSOFIA - join us in using #OurMarch along w #MarchOn - let's have our OWN discussion about what today means for us.The Dream Defenders

They might not have a mic, but they have the power @Dreamdefenders @UNITEDWEDREAM #ourmarch #marchon #powertotheyouth http://twitter.com/Alana_Greer/status/372789384874975232/photo/1Alana Greer

Young people are not only the leaders of tomorrow, we are the leaders of TODAY! #MOW50 #MarchOn #OurMarch @Dreamdefenders @UNITEDWEDREAMGregory A. Cendana

Let the elders have their day. The future belongs to us. Its our time to carry the dream to victory @Dreamdefenders @UNITEDWEDREAM #OurMarchMichael Corleone

They also invited others to share speeches they would have given at the March.

.@PhilUnchained & @campoSOFIA couldnt have given voice to an entire gen in 2 mins. Record your own #OurMarch #MarchOn http://twitter.com/Dreamdefenders/status/373098458455883776/photo/1The Dream Defenders

Our generation is searching for the dream still deferred. Tell America, what's your dream? What do you march for? Record & post w #OurMarchIsabelle Nastasia

Alayna Eagle Shield, a member of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation who was also slated to speak but cut from the ceremony, shared her speech:

Alayna Eagle Shield, cut from yesterday's #MOW50, speaks on what the #Dream means for her & her people: http://bit.ly/14btfjg #OurMarchChildrensDefenseFund

Voices You Should Have Heard: Alayna Eagle Shieldchildrensdefense

Some called for youth to organize into a #MillionMillennialMarch.

We need a #MillionMillennialMarch. It is up to us to build something. Sign: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cNLAgDDg_r5W-kIABTxbkLizA4e-gGWm2J5YQUWar7M/viewform#start=openformDante Barry

We need a #millionmillennialmarch because we get #stopandfrisked but not #seenandheardTerrance

There was a similar incident at the 1963 March on Washington, when women organizers such as Gloria Richardson were kept from speaking.

By the time Richardson arrived to the stage with Rustin, her chair with her name on it had been removed. "Lena Horne and Josephine Baker said, 'They took your chair away. You need to raise hell.' " The indignities didn't end there. Though Richardson had specifically been invited to give two-minute remarks, she recalls that when her name was called and she approached the microphone, "As soon as I said 'hello' the marshal took the mic away."theroot.com